Improvement in mittens and gloves



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UNITED STATES PATENT 7OFFIGE.

REMUS DJBURR, OF KINGSBOROUGH, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MITTENS'AND GLOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,151, dated July 21, 1874; application filed October 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REMUs D. BURR, of Kingsborough, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mittens and Gloves, of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists of a re-enforcingpiece on the piece which forms theback of the thumb, so contrived as to overlap the seam by which the back and front of the hand are joined, at the angle between the hand and thumb, for strengthening the glove thereat, which is one of the weakest places. The said re-enforcing-pieoe may terminate a little beyond the seam, or it may be extended along the palm or base of the thumb to reenforce the glove thereat, and to cover the seam by which the thumb-piece is sewed into the hand, when the thumb is attached that way. The invention also consists in forming the back part of the forefinger together with the front part or palm, also with the palm of the hand and thumb, and folding it over back to the inner edge of the front, to avoid a seam along the outer edge of the linger; and, in connection therewith, the invention consists of a piece, of the width of the back of the forefinger, put in the back between the back of the thumb and the back of the hand, to fill up the space between the inner end of the back of the forefinger and the wrist.

Figure 1 represents a front and back view of a short-wristed mitten. Fig. 2 represents a front view of a working-glove; and Figs. 3, 4., 5, 6 are outline representations or patterns of the different parts that compose the mitten, as shown in Fig. 1; while Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 are outline representations or patterns of the different parts that compose the glove, as shown in Fig. 2. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The improvements embodied in this invention, and their connection with the other parts of a glove or mitten, together with all that is necessary to a full understanding thereof, will first be described, and then clearly set forth in the claims.

- In the mitten, as shown in Fig. 1, and the outlines or drawings that represent the several parts, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, it will be observed that the hand portion is composed of two separate parts, which form the back A and front B; also, in the glove, as shown in Fig. 2, and the outlines that represent the different parts of the same, it will be observed that only the inside portion of the hand and thumb B are formed in one piece, as shown in Fig. 7, while the back is composed of small pieces 0 I) E, of such shape as to fit the hand and complete the glove. By this method of forming the palm or inside of the hand separate from the back all these parts in a glove or mitten that are exposed to wear-viz., the thumb and the whole inside of the hand-are formed of one continuous piece of material. This method of forming the palm and thumb of one continuous piece of material has been secured to me under Letters Patent bearing date August 4, 1868, and reissued February 28, 1871.

The improvements on which I now wish to secure protection are set forth in the outlines shown in Figs. 5 of the mitten, and 8 and 9 of the glove. Figs. 5 and 8 are outline representations of a piece of material that forms the back portion of a mitten or glove thumb. Theparticularimprovements,as shown in Figs. 5 and 8, is that portion or piece marked It. This piece is used for the purpose of a stay, support, or covering of any seam or seams that center at the junction of the thumb and palm of the hand. This lap or re-enforcer B may also, if found advisable, be made longer, so as to extend around the inside of the thumb to the point H as a covering for imperfections, or a re-enforcer or covering of any seams that it might be found advisable to have in that portion of a glove or mitten; or, if found advisable, the inside portion of the thumb may be formed separate from the palm and connected to the same by a seam running from the point J to H, and this lap or re-enforcer can be so formed as to cover the seam and form a re-enforcer for the same.

I do not confine myself to any one of the particular descriptions or methods above set forth, but reserve the right to use any one or all of them.

Fig. 9 represents the outlines of a piece that is formed to fit into the side of the glove, and filling that portion from which the inside portion of the thumb was formed when out in a continuous piece with the palm of the hand, being connected to the palm of the hand by a stitched seam running from the base of the first finger to the junction of the thumb with the palm of the hand.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent- 1. The combination of the re-enforcing-piece R with the thumb-pieces shown in Figs. 5 and back, and the back of the hand, substantially as specified.

REMUS D. BUR'R.

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T: B. MosHER, A. I. THAYER. 

